Denver weather: 116-year-old heat record could be in jeopardy Friday – Denver Gazette

Denver weather: 116-year-old heat record could be in jeopardy Friday  Denver Gazette

The heat in Denver could reach another record high on Friday. The record high for Oct. 9 in Denver is 87 degrees set in 1910 The National Weather Service in Boulder said to expect a high of 86 degrees at Denver International Airport, the city’s official weather monitoring station. The record high for Oct. 9 in Denver is 87 degrees set in 1910, so that 116-year mark could potentially be in jeopardy. The average high this time of year is 68 degrees, according to weather service archives. Meteorologists said to expect mostly sunny skies in Denver on Friday, with only a few showers mainly in Colorado’s mountains.

It looks like it will be a nice weekend to be outdoors, with events such as the Great American Beer Festival at Levitt Pavilion and the English Premier League fan fest at Union Station on tap in Denver. Temperatures are expected to be in the low-to-mid 80s this weekend with sunny skies, the weather service said. Overnight lows are expected to dip to the upper 50s.